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Composting for Food Processing Wastes

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Composting of food processing waste was analyzed as a biological process and an engineered system. The goal is to establish fundamental principles and design criteria that would aid its adoption as waste management practice. Characteristics of the inflow, reactor, and outflow were evaluated. Success of the bioreactor was found to be largely dependent on microbial community structure, physical properties of biodegradable waste (BW), aeration, and time required for maturation. Vermicomposting, electric field induction, maggot farming, microbial fuel cells, energy production, air pollution reduction, and leachate treatment were explored.

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Glossary

Biological process

Biological processes are those processes that are vital for an organism to live, and that shape its capacities for interacting with its environment.

Composting

This process recycles various organic materials otherwise regarded as waste products and produces a soil conditioner (the compost).

Constructed wetlands

A constructed wetland is an engineered sequence of water bodies designed to filter and treat waterborne pollutants found in sewage, industrial effluent, or storm water runoff.

Electric field induction

The production of an electromotive force (i.e., voltage) across an electrical conductor in a changing magnetic field.

Food-processing waste

Food-processing wastes contain a high amount of organic components that could be converted into energy and then recovered in the form of heat or electricity.

Maggot farming

Maggot farming is the act of growing maggots for industry.

Microbial fuel cells

A microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a bioelectrochemical system that drives an electric current by using bacteria and a high-energy oxidant such as O2, mimicking bacterial interactions found in nature.

Vermicompost

Vermicompost is the product of earthworm digestion and aerobic decomposition using the activities of micro- and macroorganisms at room temperature.

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Hung, YT., Holloman, K. (2021). Composting for Food Processing Wastes. In: Wang, L.K., Wang, MH.S., Hung, YT. (eds) Integrated Natural Resources Research. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, vol 22. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61002-9_2

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